PL7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Plymouth, Chaddlewood and Colebrook, in Plymouth and South Hams.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an PL7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in PL7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How PL7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL7 at a rate of 44.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 110 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (693), other crime (245) and criminal damage and arson (139).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL7 was 45.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in PL7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL7 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth 015A | 1,570 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.1% |
| Plymouth 015B | 1,506 | 21.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.2% |
| Plymouth 015C | 1,645 | 86.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 74.4% |
| Plymouth 015D | 1,532 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.1% |
| Plymouth 015E | 1,476 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
| Plymouth 018A | 1,848 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| Plymouth 018B | 1,496 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Plymouth 018C | 1,730 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% |
| Plymouth 018D | 1,618 | 10.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Plymouth 019A | 1,652 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.0% |
| Plymouth 019B | 1,462 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.0% |
| Plymouth 019C | 1,469 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.0% |
| Plymouth 019D | 1,633 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| Plymouth 019E | 1,601 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Plymouth 022A | 1,816 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Plymouth 022B | 1,337 | 28.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.6% |
| Plymouth 022C | 1,370 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.0% |
| Plymouth 022D | 1,426 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Plymouth 022E | 1,378 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.5% |
| South Hams 001D | 1,425 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 55.0% |
Your MP
- Rebecca SmithConservativeMP for South West Devon
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in PL74
Postcode sectors in PL75
Councils PL7 covers2
Towns in PL71
Postcode districts next to PL75
More in the PL postcode area2
PL7 in brief
PL7 is a postcode district covering Plymouth, Chaddlewood and Colebrook, in Plymouth and South Hams.
About 31,079 people lived in PL7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £260,000 in 2025 across 523 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 44.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL7 was £260,000 in 2025.
PL7 had 31,249 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in PL7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PL7, 89.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.